Occurrence of the millipede genus Tonkinosoma Jeekel, 1953 in China, with the description of the first presumed troglobitic species of this genus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

By

Liu, Weixin
Golovatch, Sergei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

742

Pages

23-34

Subjects

Guangxi , Guizhou , key , new record , new species , Tonkinosoma , troglobite

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.742.23471

 

Abstract

The genusTonkinosomaJeekel, 1953 has hitherto been known to contain only two species, both from northern Vietnam.T. flexipesJeekel, 1953, the type species of the genus, is recorded from Guangxi, southern China, for the first time.T. tianisp. n., a presumed troglobite, is described from caves in Guizhou, southwestern China. A key is presented to all three species of the genus.